Tuesday, February 7, 2017

Amalie Arena

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The Los Angeles Kings head to Amalie Arena to take on the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday, February 7, 2017. The opening line for this contest has the Kings at +100 and the Lightning at -110. The over/under has been set at 5.

Los Angeles comes into this game having played 53 games. They have an overall record of 27-22-4 and away from home they have a record of 12-14-3. The currently are 4th in the Pacific Division. They've scored 132 goals and surrendered 128 goals for a point differential of +4. The Kings have an overall record of 5-5-0 in their last 10 games. For the season they have an ATS record of 26-26 and an over/under record of 15-26-12. Tampa Bay shows up with a record of 23-24-6 including 13-10-2 at home this season. They are 8th in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 144 goals and surrendered 157 for a goal differential of -13. The Lightning have a record of 3-5-2 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 20-30 while their over/under record sits at 26-22-5.

Anze Kopitar has accumulated 32 total points this season for the Kings. He has 6 goals this season with 97 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 6%. He has a total of 26 assists on the season and averages 21 minutes played per game. Jeff Carter has averaged 18 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 16% by scoring 27 goals on 168 shots. He has 20 assists giving him a total of 47 points on the season. Peter Budaj has 25 wins and 15 losses this season in net for the Kings. He has had 1,103 shots against him and has given up 88 goals. He has made 1,015 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

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Nikita Kucherov has accumulated 47 total points this season for the Lightning. He has 19 goals this season with 146 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 13%. He has a total of 28 assists on the season and averages 19 minutes played per game. Victor Hedman has averaged 25 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 7% by scoring 7 goals on 97 shots. He has 34 assists giving him a total of 41 points on the season. Andrei Vasilevskiy has 11 wins and 12 losses this season in net for the Lightning. He has had 820 shots against him and has given up 75 goals. He has made 745 saves for a save percentage of 91%.

The Kings have 58 total points this season. They have scored 132 goals while giving up 128 goals. They have had 153 power play opportunities and have scored 26 goals on those chances for a percentage of 17%. The Kings have allowed 166 power play opportunities and given up 27 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 84%. They average 31 shots per game and as a team are shooting 8.06% for the season to this point. They allow 26 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 91%.

The Lightning have a total of 52 points on the season. They have 42 power play goals on 194 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 22%. They have allowed 180 power play opportunities and have given up 36 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 80%. As a team, the Kings have a total of 144 goals scored while they've given up 157 goals to this point. They average 30 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 9.04%. As a team they give up 30 shots per game and have a save percentage of 90%.

Los Angeles has a Corsi percentage of 54.7% as they've attempted 3,202 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 2,657 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 54.9% as they have 2,351 attempts while they've given up 1,932 shots on the defensive end. The Kings start possessions in the offensive zone 55.4% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 44.6% for the season. They have 1,603 face off wins compared to 1,566 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 50.6%. On defense Los Angeles has 1,582 hits and they've blocked 725 shots from the opposition.

Tampa Bay has attempted 2,964 shots at full strength and they've given up 2,826 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 51.2% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 50.8% as they have 2,232 shots while they've given up 2,163 attempts on defense. The Lightning have an offensive zone percentage of 51.4% and their defensive zone percentage is 48.6% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 49.1% as they've compiled 1,577 face off wins this season and they have suffered 1,638 face off losses. On defense Tampa Bay has blocked 663 shot attempts and they have 1,178 hits as a unit.

Los Angeles Kings Betting Trends

The Los Angeles Kings are 26-26 straight up

The Los Angeles Kings are 15-26-12 against the over/under

Tampa Bay Lightning Betting Trends

The Tampa Bay Lightning are 20-30 straight up

The Tampa Bay Lightning are 26-22-5 against the over/under

Los Angeles Kings Injuries

10/13/16 GO Jonathan Quick Groin out 5 months
02/05/17 C Jordan Nolan Lower Body out indefinitely
01/30/17 D Matt Greene Groin expected to miss 5-7 days

Tampa Bay Lightning Injuries

11/16/16 C Steven Stamkos Knee out 4 months
02/04/17 LW Michael Bournival Upper Body "?" Tuesday vs. Los Angeles
02/04/17 LW Ondrej Palat Undisclosed "?" Tuesday vs. Los Angeles
01/15/17 RW Ryan Callahan Hip expected to miss 4 weeks

Josh's Pick: Take Los Angeles +100

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